As a fair wage nation in a low wage region, we should never compete by cutting pay and conditions. Education is our strength – and we should build upon it, writes Bill Shorten.

Oxford University study finds that poorer students are considerably less likely to study the sort of A-levels that will help them get into leading universities.

FN:s flyktingorgan UNHCR och Clowner utan Gränser förser 2000 syriska flyktingbarn i Libanon med skola – och lekfull pedagogik.

Elva personer har fått föras till sjukhus efter att en brand bröt ut i en norsk skola.

Wealthy, “sharp-elbowed” middle-class parents are manipulating school admissions to win an unfair share of places at the best state schools for their children, according to a new book.

Sexologist causes furore by claiming that discussion about the industry with teenagers would make them more critical consumers.

Uddannelsesmotorvejen mod gymnasiet bliver bredere og bredere. I 2001 søgte 36 pct. af folkeskolens afgangselever ind på det almene gymnasium. I 2014 var tallet steget til 47 pct. I samme periode faldt søgningen til erhvervsuddannelserne fra 32 til 20 pct.

I dag bliver det afgjort, om de omkring 60.000 danske folkeskolelærere stemmer ja til det bud på en ny overenskomst, som Lærernes Centralorganisation og KL har forhandlet på plads.

Studieoptag: Nye tal fra kvote 2 viser, at flere vil være skolelærer efter år med nedgang på grund af negative historier om folkeskolereformen. De lærerstuderende er begejstrede.

Dubai-based Varkey Foundation awards prize to Nancie Atwell, from Maine, who developed method to encourage literacy among students.

A controversial form of testing for four- and five-year-olds – to be trialled in September before being rolled out nationally next year – is designed to give teachers an indication of what their pupils can manage when they start compulsory schooling.

Thirty Shanghai teachers have been flown in by the Department for Education in the hope they can raise flagging standards in schools across England.